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THINGS - Namely, the various circumstances detailed in the foregoing
chapters, from the Preacher’s personal experience, and his
observation of other people, ending with the comprehensive declaration
i...
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CHAPTER 6 DISHEARTENING CONTRADICTIONS
_ 1. Riches--Inability to enjoy them (Ecclesiastes 6:1)_
2. Having All--Yet no fill of the soul (Ecclesiastes 6:3)
3. The sad ending wail (Eccle
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ECCLESIASTES 6. FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON WEALTH AND FATE. Parallel with
the bitter experience of the avaricious man who loses his wealth is
that of the rich and successful man whose cherished desires ar...
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_there be many things that increase vanity_ The Hebrew noun, as so
often throughout the book, may stand either for _things_or _words_. In
the former case, the maxim points to the pressure of affairs,...
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SEEING THERE BE MANY THINGS THAT INCREASE VANITY— _For there are
many arguments to shew the multitude of vanities which prevail on the
earth._ Desvoeux: who concludes the verse here, and begins the 12...
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4. Reasons why it is useless to strive for riches Ecclesiastes 6:10-12
TEXT 6:10-12
10
Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is;
for he cannot dispute with him who is str...
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LIFE AN ENIGMA
1-6. Riches will not secure happiness....
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THINGS] RM 'words,' perhaps the profitless discussions common in the
philosophical schools (e.g. on fate and free-will)....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 6
A PERSON’S LIFE THAT IS NOT SATISFACTORY – ECCLESIASTES 6:1-6...
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THINGS. — We might also translate “words.”...
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כִּ֛י יֵשׁ ־דְּבָרִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֖ה
מַרְבִּ֣ים הָ֑בֶל...
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THIRD SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean
Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 7:1, and Ecclesiastes 8:1
IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown that the C
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The preacher knows prosperity experimentally far better than poverty.
Moreover, by observation he is more familiar with men of wealth than
with poor men, and, therefore, he returns to a declaration of...
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_Disputing. Are we better acquainted with nature than former ages?
This is another subject of confusion. (Calmet)_...
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All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not
filled. (8) For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the
poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (9) Better is the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12.
The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of
the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the
experience of a...
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SEEING THERE BE MANY THINGS THAT INCREASE VANITY,.... As appears by
all that has been said in this and the preceding Chapter s; such as
wisdom and knowledge, wealth and riches, pleasure, power, and
au...
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_Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the
better?_
Ver. 11. _Seeing there be many things that increase._] Seeing it is
in vain to wrestle or wrangle with God, to seek to wa...
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_Seeing there be many things which increase vanity_ This seems to be
added as a conclusion from all the foregoing Chapter s; seeing not
only man is a vain creature in himself, but there are also many...
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Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, on account of the
many trials, dangers, and changes of fortune with which man must
contend, WHAT IS MAN THE BETTER? namely, in possessing wealth or th...
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OF THE VANITY OF EARTHLY RICHES....
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"FOR THERE ARE MANY WORDS WHICH INCREASE FUTILITY. WHAT THEN IS THE
ADVANTAGE TO. MAN?"MANY WORDS WHICH INCREASE FUTILITY" -There are many
human arguments which in the end are only vanity. "Even thoug...
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7-12 A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal
can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of
the world to give satisfaction. The poor man has comfort as...
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This seems to be added as a conclusion of the disputation managed in
all the foregoing Chapter s, SEEING not only man is a vain creature in
himself, as hath been now said, but _there are also many_ ot...
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Ecclesiastes 6:11 are H3426 many H7235 (H8687) things H1697 increase
H7235 (H8688) vanity H1892 man H120 be
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MAN SHOULD NOT SEE HIMSELF AS ANYTHING SPECIAL (ECCLESIASTES 6:10).
The section closes with the warning that man should not see himself as
anything special. Like all creatures he was named by God (Gen...
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Ecclesiastes 6:10
I. Fate is fixed. All the past was the result of a previous destiny,
and so shall be all the future. Such is the sentiment of the third
chapter, and such appears to be the import of...
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Ecclesiastes 5:8-7
I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear
of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of
human affairs. This belief Koheleth now pro...
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CONTENTS: The vanity of worldly wealth as pertaining only to the body.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: Man deprives himself of the good he might have had of his
worldly possessions by not cons...
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Ecclesiastes 6:2. _But a stranger eateth it._ The richer families in
Israel had often foreign servants, who rose to influence in their
master's house. But greater was the affliction from invading armi...
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_That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is
man._
SOLOMON’S DARK IDEAS OF LIFE
He says in effect--
I. Fate is fixed. “That which hath been.” Everything is fate. Most
men feel...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 6:10 To “name” something is to
exercise authority over it. God is the one who has NAMED all things,
and therefore he rules over all. It is foolish for mere mortals to...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 6:6. DO NOT ALL GO TO ONE PLACE?] All go to
School—“the house of assembly of all living” (Job 30:23). There
all arrive equally poor; nor is the chance afforded them to r...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 6:1
Section 9. Koheleth proceeds to illustrate the fact which he stated at
the end of the last chapter, viz. that the possession and enjoyment of
wealth are alike the free gif...
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Now there is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it's common
among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so
that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires
(E...
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Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 1:18; Ecclesiastes 1:6; Ecclesiastes
2:3;...
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Seeing — This seems to be added as a conclusion from all the
foregoing chapters; seeing not only man is a vain creature in himself,
but there are also many other things, which instead of diminishing,...